The Birth

About 4.3 births, human births, take place every second around the world. New beings are brought into existence by those who wish to nurture them, protect them and love them unconditionally. There are things one loves as much as their own offspring. Something they built with as much love, passion and commitment. Something they wish to care for, invest their time and energy in and hence create the existence of a being with a unique identity. Ideas, dreams, ambitions and visions are the many progeny of the human mind, which are born at even faster rates and yet, somehow tend to make the self feel as responsible, protective and devoted towards them as one feels towards their own young ones. Team Panthera is our progeny.  Born with the vision of one person; who vowed to foster it, protect it and create a legacy. We were brought together in our zeal to conceive that vision, a zeal that knows no bounds.

One of the many tasks that lay ahead of us in this journey was the christening of our team. Like any set of parents we thought, we searched, we discussed and finally chose a name that embodied the spirit of our progeny. We aim at investing all our strength and power into building a vehicle that not only is efficient but also works with utmost precision. It takes courage to conceptualize and make a dream come true, especially with so many obstacles in your way. In all that we do, we always remember who we are representing; our country before our institution, our institution before our team and our team before ourselves. Panthera Tigris is the scientific nomenclature for the Royal Bengal Tiger, the national animal of India. The Royal Bengal Tiger holds numerous symbolism in various cultures. But for us, the tiger symbolizes patriotism, strength, fierceness, courage, speed, precision and efficiency, all the ingredients that make up and define us as a team, as “Team Panthera”.

Having completed the task of finding ourselves a name, we now had to think of a name for the vehicle that would be built keeping in mind our philosophies over the course of the next few months. After endless hours of deliberation, we stumbled onto the name “Iris”. In Greek mythology, Iris is the personification of the rainbow and is also one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other and into the depths of the sea. Just like a rainbow has seven colors which symbolizes diversity, our vehicle has diversity because of the very many people who have come together knowingly or unknowingly and contributed to bring us one step closer to the creation of our rainbow. Be it the team members, the faculty, the sponsors and even the rickshaw pullers who helped us reach our desired destinations, each person’s hard work, strength and dedication will make this vehicle. Iris travels with the speed of the wind from one end of the world to another and that is what our vision for our vehicle is, for it to travel all over the world, gaining recognition, setting new landmarks and creating a legacy...

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